The children remained around him, admiring the sword. Adam held out the bde to each of them so they could touch it. They bounced eagerly, shouting ioo one another excitedly. Even Taygak, Jaygak’s younger cousin, who didn’t like him o, was eagerly admiring the bde. She touched the silvery waves of the bde, pulled her finger back, expeg him to tell her off, before toug it some more when he nodded his head.
Turot stared at Adam long and hard, a suspicious look in his eyes.
“What’s wrong?”
“Why did Saerat make a sword?” he asked, tilting his head.
“I asked her to.”
Turot’s lips formed a frown.
“What’s the…” Adam realised his folly. “ht. Sorry.” He brushed Turot’s hair. “ime I’ll make sure I ask for an axe.”
Turot’s eyes remained narrowed.
‘Oops.’
Saerat eventually returned, holding up a small cloth bag. Within it were six round gems.
Currency: (2) White Pearl, (1) Silver Pearl, (1) Pink Pearl, (1) Gold Pearl, (1) Bck Pearl
“Nice,” Adam smiled, accepting the pearls eagerly. ‘I needed one for Identify.’
“The pearls are worth a hundred gold each, the Bck Pearl is worth five hundred.”
Adam stared at the pouch, which was worth a thousand gold. ‘I’m riiicher.’
“Rat owes one favour,” Saerat said, nodding her head.
“Great!” Adam said, nodding his head iurn. He was still admiring the pearls, which were so beautiful. He wasn’t sure if he could bare to part with them.
Lucy cleared her throat, having watched the entire se from afar.
“Ah, right.” Adam had fotten she was around. “I o buy some materials for yreataxe.”
“You buy some from the warehouses,” Sonarot offered. “You will o make a tribution to the warehouse, and whoever is w at the warehouse will guide you to which materials you will be able to buy. Jurot, why don’t you take Adam and help him?”
“Yes, mother,” Jurot replied, nodding his head. He wondered if Adam would allow him to carve the wood required for the greataxe.
“Sweet,” Adam replied, smiling. He strapped his sword at his side, ing it around his side. ‘I should get some white leather for a belt…’
“You need some white leather to make a belt,” Lucy said, staring at the sword at his side. “The sword belt cshes with the white.”
Adam nodded his head slowly, w if she was reading his mind. “What kind of entment do you want on your axe?”
Lucy sat up, suddenly more ied in the versation. “I want it to turn into a pendant, no, a ring, so I wear it with me rather than lumbering around with a huge axe. I want it to fire up too.”
Adam blinked, w how she had came to think of those entments together. “Alright, I’ll do my best. I’m not sure about the ring entment, I’m not that great at enting.”
Upon hearing what Adam said, Saerat turned a, leaving the other Iyrmen to stare at him.
“I definitely want the ring entment!” Lucy threw up her fists and waved them around. “Axes are heavy!”
‘Hey, Bell, how difficult would that be?’
[You will o average 21 across the entire enting process and spend 500XP.]
‘Sheeeeesh.’ Adam let out a soft sigh, staring down at the demon girl throwing a tantrum. “Alright, fi’s going to take forever, though, so don’t bme me.”
“You take your time,” Lucy said, hopping onto her feet. “I’ll wait since we’re friends.”
Adam shook his head. He pced his pearls away into the b, grabbing a few of his Tiger Eye gems in order to pay for the items he needed.
Jurot led Adam to the warehouse, and Lucy followed after them, si was going to be her axe. She he Iyrman which was following them, but didn’t say anything about it, assuming they were for her.
The Iyrman on duty, a man only a little older than Adam and Jurot, crossed his arms as he stared at the trio.
“He’s a nephew of the Rot family,” Jurot said, uanding the suspi.
The Iyrman stared at Jurot’s tattoo for a moment, then his eyes fell to Lucy, who was smiling ily at the Iyrman.
“She’s a guest, and the materials are for her on,” Jurot expined.
The Iyrman held out his hand.
“How much do you want to spend?” Jurot asked.
“I brought six Tiger Eye gems,” Adam said.
Jurot stared at him. “You want to spend six Tiger Eye gems?”
“Is that a lot?”
“Yes,” Jurot said. “That’s three hundred gold.”
Adam shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t know. I was hoping to look around a Lucy grab a few stuff and then pay after.”
The Iyrman sighed, motioning his head as he led them inside.
This warehouse was full to the brim with all kinds of wood aal, though Adam noted some scrolls at the top shelf to the side as they entered.
“What kind of materials do you want?” Adam asked.
“Do you have any purple stuff?” Lucy asked the Iyrman, as politely as she could possibly manage.
“There’s purple heart wood,” Jurot said, pointing towards it from across the room, through several racks.
The Iyrman on duty led them to the se with the purple heart wood, where there were several racks of the wood within boxes.
Jurot smiled wide, staring at all the wood about. “Will I be carving the wood?” Jurot asked.
“I would appreciate that,” Adam said, nodding his head.
“I will do it,” Jurot said, nodding his head. ‘Purple heart wood.’ He grabbed a block of it and ha to Lucy, ohe Iyrman on duty nodded his head to allow it.
Lucy stared at the wood, and then nodded her head. “It’s good.”
“What kind of metal should we use? Puthral?” Adam asked.
The Iyrman scoffed. “Puthral?” he said, his voice low. “Puthral is hard to work with.”
“Yeah, no kidding. It was difficult to work with, but it turned out quite well.” Adam grabbed the axe he had made for Lanarot and revealed it to the Iyrman. “See?”
“You made that?” the Iyrman asked, a small smile on his face, but as he saw Jurot, who o firm the matter, his smile faded. “You work puthral?”
“Yeah,” Adam said.
The Iyrman stared at Adam for a long while. His eyes fell back to Jurot.
“I’ve saw him make the axe,” Jurot firmed again.
The Iyrman blinked. He turned ahem to where there was a giant pile of puthral.
“What do you think?” Adam asked.
“ I swing that axe?” she asked. Jurot ha over, and she swung it a few times. “It’s light.”
“That’s a property of the metal,” Jurot said.
She thought about it. If it was light, then she could carry it around in case Adam failed to ent that effect. “Looks good.”
“How much do I o pay?” Adam asked.
The Iyrman first brought out a slip, writing a few things down onto it. “You will need some more ore to mix with the puthral.”
Adam shrugged his shoulders. “Whatever will work well with it.”
“One hundred and thirty gold,” he said, writing down what Adam had bought, the date, the time, and what he paid with.
Currency: (38) Tiger Eye -> (35) Tiger Eye
“No, no,” Adam said as the Iyrman prepared some s. “It’s alright.”
“You will dowenty gold?” the Iyrman asked.
“Yeah,” Adam said, trying tood will with the Iyr. He was riough that he didn’t o worry too much about a handful of gold s, especially if it meant that he was earning favour in the Iyr.
Jurot sighe small sheet of paper first, before Adam added his name below, and finally the Iyrman sig.
With the formalities sorted, the trio returned with the materials. Jurot carried the wood and Adam carried a box full of the ore. Lucy whistled happily as they walked babsp;
“You sure have expeaste,” Adam said.
“Of course!” Lucy grinned wide. “I am the Demon Lord!”
“Am I able to use a smithery?” Adam asked, having only just thought to ask.
“Yes,” Jurot replied. It was an easy enough matter to deal with.
“I refuse,” Elder Gold said.
Word had been brought to the Great Elders as they gathered around with the Chief.
“Why should we allow him to make a on for someone who procims herself to be the Demon Lord?” Elder Gold shook her head. “This is ridiculous!”
“He has used his right as the nephew of the Rot family to procure the items, and the Rot family is willing to vouch for him for one of our smitheries,” the Chief replied, simply. He had only retly returned, leaving Elder Peace to deal with the Aswadasad issue.
“And what a good nephew of the Rot family he r a sword!” Elder Gold spat. “It’s obvious that he cares little about the matters of the Iyr. I will use my right as Elder Gold to deny him.”
“Chief Iromin, since when have you allowed yourself to fall for an outsider?” Elder Wrath grinned.
“It is not a matter of allowing myself to fall for him, but that he is an impressive young man who is bringing freat boons to the Iyr.”
“Do you truly believe he was responsible for the Big Ivory Forest?”
“He was the oo .”
“Naming something and bringing something into life are two very different things.”
“Elder Peace seems to like him,” Elder Forest said, smiling. “It’s just you and Elder Wrath who haven’t taken a liking to him yet.”
“I hear he often pys with the children of the estate,” Elder Teacher said.
“He is trying to win the hearts of the young! He’s a fiend, I tell you!” Elder Gold decred.
Elder Teacher raised his brows at her.
“You know what I mean.”
“I have heard what the children have to say, and it’s mostly positive.”
“They are children, of course they will like those who py with them!”
“Isn’t he a follower of Baktu?” Elder Teacher asked. “Why are you so suspicious of him?”
“There’s something off about him,” Elder Gold said. “Not only that, you say he met with the gods?” She stared at the Chief.
“He did,” the Chief firmed. “I wrote him a letter to allow the Demon Lord within the Main Iyr.”
“Which is also troublesome,” Elder Gold said.
“After which, he told me he had dreamt he met with the gods, and that…” Iromin paused, realising he shouldn’t give that part of the story, before tinuing. “Baktu gave an indication that he has a special retionship with the Iyr.”
“It’s just a dream, a ce,” Elder Gold said. “There’s no way that’s true. He uood he needed an excuse as to why he khat secret.”
“A secret how many Iyrmen know?” Chief Iromin asked. “Everyone knows Baktu favours us, but that he personally keeps his gaze on us?”
“He’s too smart for his own good,” Elder Wrath said. “He knows too much.”
“There are times when people meet the gods,” Elder Forest said, shrugging her shoulders. “It’s not out of the ordinary.”
“Yes,” Elder Gold agreed. “One or two at a time, not so many of them, and especially not those two Lords.”
“If Lord of Order was trying to kill him, he must be a threat,” Elder Wrath said.
“I uand why Lord of Order tried to kill him,” Iromin admitted, though from his look, they uood he couldn’t say why.
“I agree with Elder Wrath, he is too dangerous to be left alive,” Elder Gold said.
“He has yet to show himself as a threat,” Elder Teacher intervened. “If what he said is true, it was Baktu who allowed him to live, with Baltu’s assistance.”
Iromin looked to Elder Forest, who had yet to give her vote, but before she could, the Great Elders and the Chief froze.
A crimson snake appeared.
It slithered from the end of the courtyard towards them over the course of a minute.
It slid up to the table, and across it, before it slithered away.
The Chief g Elder Gold. “Well? Will you deny it?”
Elder Gold sighed, resting her head into her hands. “No,” she said. “How could I?”
Iromin go Elder Wrath expetly, who shook his head. “Good,” the Chief said. “The matter is settled, and I will not hear it again until y something substantial forward.”
“For what it’s worth, I was going to vote against it too,” Elder Forest said. “He’s a half elf. We require those who know the tongue of the elves, and I am sure he would be willing to assist us in that regard.”
“Mark my words,” Elder Gold said. “He will be a bao the Iyr.”
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Adam wants to make cool ons, oblivious to the pair of Great Elders who want to kill him.
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